What can Praxis do for your agency?

Churches and community organisations often find it difficult to find experienced or qualified workers. Cost is often an issue, too. The Praxis Diploma provides a quality, low-cost way of giving existing workers training and experience in Christian youth & community work. Alternatively, you can use Praxis to start people on the journey of leadership.

With  student allowances to support your student, churches and other agencies can employ a youth & community worker at a reasonable cost, while investing training and personal development into them.

What you can expect of Praxis?

You can expect Praxis to:

• Provide interactive, relevant and theoretically sound training.
• Provide a course co-ordinator to keep track of where your student is up to in their course, and co-ordinate training.
• Adapt course content so that it is applicable to your situation and the community you serve
• Arrange for a mentor to support your student

What Praxis expects of you

We expect you to:

• Provide an ‘agency representative’ who oversees the practical component of your student’s youth & community work
• Negotiate a realistic job description with your student
• Give your student time to attend all Praxis training intensives & classes

How does the course work?

The course operates as a partnership between Praxis (which provides the course content), and the agency (you) which provides supervised practical experience. We require all students to have at least part of their practical work focused out into their community. Praxis negotiates an agreement with the agency which ensures the student has adequate support to complete both practical and academic components of the Diploma.

Need more details?

To get a course prospectus or speak to a Praxis staff member, go to the contacts page.